Acceleration [Book 1]

15: Corrupted

⊱⋅ ─ 15: CORRUPTED

As soon as everything got awkward with Felix, Doyeon and the rest of the team, the freckled male moved away with Doyeon for some privacy, where no one else can hear Doyeon and his conversation, out of earshot.

"Is Chaewon okay?" Asked Felix as he looked at his cousin, "Did she buy some books that she needed for school?"

Nodding in response, the female replied, "Yeah," she chuckled, "and Aunt is a bit more at ease that a man in the family got to find a stable job, with a good amount of salary," she replied, sending a wink along the words of "good amount".

Felix sharply sucked in air in surprise, nearly choking as he got shocked at the statement, "Yeah," Felix answered, turning his head to see the others playing billiards, now Chan and Jisung were there, waiting for Yugyeom, Bambam, and Seungmin to take a step out the restrooms.

"It's a shame you don't have a phone, huh?" Doyeon commented, catching the younger to turn to her, who now had a sad look on her face.

Chuckling, Felix shook his head before patting Doyeon's shoulder, "You should worry about other things aside from my phone later," Felix encouraged which Doyeon smiled in return, "Then please, watch over Chae and my parents while I won't be taking day off's for now."

"That reminds me," Doyeon exclaimed, "What kind of job did you take?" Felix froze in his spot, unable to speak, his eyes shaking, Doyeon kept on calling the younger's name, but he stood there like a statue, no movement, no sound, unable to come up with a lie.

"Felix!" Chan came just in time, slinging an arm over the younger male's shoulders with his iconic dimple-showcasing smile, "Mind introducing me to your cousin?"

"Oh, Chan, this is Doyeon, she's like a big sister to me and Chaewon," Felix introduced Doyeon to Chan, "Doyeon," Felix looked at Doyeon who had a smile on her face, "this is Chan, he's my senior co-worker and-"

"And boyfriend." Chan finished off, his smile never crumbled down from his face.

"What?" Felix slightly flushed, caught off guard.

"Boyfriend?" Doyeon repeated, "Why, Yongbok, you could have told Bambam or Yugyeom to tell me that you have found a boyfriend in less than two months," she teased, nudging Felix by the side, "Take care of Felix, okay?" Doyeon told Chan and the older male nodded with a smile.

"Chan-" Felix pouted at the older male, earning a boop on the nose, only causing his face to turn into a deeper shade of red, Doyeon cooing at the scene displayed in front of her.

"Yongbok," Doyeon called, making the two males turn their attention to her, "you didn't answer my question, what kind of job did you get?"

Felix swallowed hard, his Adam's apple rising up and down as he tried to collect himself, he turned to Chan, and the older male nodded at him, and Doyeon knew that something was a bit off by how they looked at each other.

"The job I got into had to do with street racing," said Felix, his voice softening by every word, "I'm in the Poverty Team, and these friends of mine, they're my team mates, and Chan is our leader."

Blinking rapidly for five times, the female processed what Felix told her. A race. A street race. "The street race that the President legalized?"